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...Vietnam's tourism board is hoping Phan Thiet, promoted as the country's Hawaii, will likewise catch on. At the moment, fishing remains the main source of income for locals, who live along prime beachfront real estate and spend their days plying the waters of the South China Sea. Instead of hawking trinkets on the beach, the town's children are commercial fishermen, too, venturing out to sea in thung chai, two-meter-wide circular baskets made of bamboo and pitch that can only be paddled standing up. Old superstitions linger: before a new boat makes its maiden voyage, families...
...Simmons) has a few platinum CDs, including It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, and a tattoo on his back that elegizes his pet dog. Here he plays Tony Fate, a gentleman thief whose latest heist, a handful of black diamonds, gets him in trouble with some mean malefactors (Hawaii-born Mark Dacascos and Kelly Hu). The black diamonds turn out to be plutonium pellets that could Destroy the World. DMX has charisma enough for the job, performing tough scenes and teary ones with equal facility...
LUAU 2003. Join the Harvard Hawaii Club, Holoimua O Hawaii, in celebrating its fourth annual Luau. In Hawaii, luaus are local-style parties held to celebrate special events, such as births or weddings. Here at Harvard, the luau is a time for Hawaii natives and enthusiasts to join with members of the commmunity in a celebration of Hawaiian culture. The evening includes an assortment of traditional Hawaiian food, island music, and a show featuring Polynesian song and dance. Saturday, March 15, at 8:00 p.m. Tickets $10, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone...
...DIED. DANIEL TARADASH, 90, screenwriter who won an Oscar in 1953 for his adaptation of James Jones' controversial best-selling novel From Here to Eternity; in Los Angeles. President of the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences from 1970 to 1973, Taradash's other writing credits include Desiree, Picnic, Hawaii and Golden...
...collaborators to kind of meet in the middle, 'cause I'm not Cuban." Mambo Sinuendo has moments where it sounds like the sound track to a particularly cool Havana nightclub, but the two players achieve a dynamic so loose and easy that they also float over Africa, Mexico, Hawaii and Birdland, incorporating whatever style catches their ears...